Postal (computer game)

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Postal
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Original title Postal
Studio Running with scissors
Publisher Ripcord Games
Erstveröffent-
lichung		 1997
platform Linux , Mac OS , Microsoft Windows
Game engine RSPiX
genre Third person shooter
Game mode Normal, challenge
control Joystick, mouse, keyboard
medium CD-ROM , download
language English

Postal is a third-person shooter from the isometric perspective , developed by Running With Scissors and published by Ripcord Games in 1997. A successor of the game Postal 2 , released in 2003. Writer Uwe Boll has bought the film rights to the series and produced a film of the same name . The title alludes to the American idiom going postal for running amok . It is considered a scandal game that has been banned in many countries. Despite moderate to bad reviews in international game magazines, it achieved a certain cult status .

Porting

The Postal Plus version has also been ported for GNU / Linux by Loki Software . It was the last game that Loki Software ported. A little later, the Loki Software company filed for bankruptcy. At the time of publication, the graphic presentation was technically very out of date. In the spring of 2016, a new edition of Postal: Redux for PC and Mac appeared, which, like the spiritual successor Hatred, was implemented with Unreal Engine 4. At the end of December 2016, the source code of the original computer game was published on the Bitbucket developer platform as free software under the terms of the GNU GPL version 2. In Germany, the game is indexed and also not available via online distribution platforms such as Steam or GOG.com .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Postal at Metacritic (English)
  2. ↑ Fionn Behrens: Loki's last work in the test: Postal Plus - Inglorious departure LinuxUser 05/2002
  3. ↑ Peter Bathge: Postal: Redux: Trailer and release period for the HD remake of the stupid scandal game , PC Games February 25, 2016
  4. ↑ Peter Steinlechner: Running with Scissors: Source code of the classic game Postal published , December 29, 2016, Golem.de
  5. ↑ Wladislav Sidorov: Steam - 27 games removed from the German store , Playnation, June 2, 2016

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